| NOUN | state | shortsightedness, myopia, nearsightedness | (ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability |
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| attribute | shortsightedness, improvidence | a lack of prudence and care by someone in the management of resources |
| Sounds | shao'rtsay'tihdnihs | |
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| Rhymes | abyss ... worthiness: 194 rhymes with ihs... | |
| Meaning | (ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred. | |
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| Synonyms | myopia, nearsightedness | |
| Category | ophthalmology | The branch of medicine concerned with the eye and its diseases |
| Broader | ametropia | (ophthalmology) faulty refraction of light rays in the eye as in astigmatism or myopia |
| Opposite | hyperopia, hypermetropia, hypermetropy, farsightedness, longsightedness | Abnormal condition in which vision for distant objects is better than for near objects |
| Spanish | miopía | |
| Catalan | miopia | |
| Adjectives | shortsighted | unable to see distant objects clearly |
| Meaning | A lack of prudence and care by someone in the management of resources. | |
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| Synonym | improvidence | |
| Narrower | extravagance, prodigality, profligacy | The trait of spending extravagantly |
| thriftlessness, waste, wastefulness | The trait of wasting resources | |
| Broader | imprudence | A lack of caution in practical affairs |
| Opposite | providence | The prudence and care exercised by someone in the management of resources |
| Spanish | imprevisión | |
| Catalan | imprevisió | |
| Adjectives | shortsighted | lacking foresight or scope |
| shortsighted | not given careful consideration | |
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